Plenary, 21 Sep 2005

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Official Report 391KB pdf

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Decision Time

There are three questions to be put as a result of today's business.

The first question is, that motion S2M-3293, in the name of Sarah Boyack, on the Environment and Rural Development Committee's fifth report of 2005, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to.

That the Parliament notes the recommendations contained in the Environment and Rural Development Committee's 5th Report, 2005 (Session 2): Report on Inquiry into Climate Change (SP Paper 342).

The second question is, that motion S2M-3286, in the name of Brian Adam, on the Standards and Public Appointments Committee's sixth report in 2005, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to.

That the Parliament agrees that the Standards and Public Appointments Committee's 6th Report, 2005 (Session 2): Draft Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies in Scotland (SP Paper 410), together with the Official Report of the Parliament's debate on the report, should form the Parliament's response to the consultation by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland.

I propose to put a single question on motions S2M-3301 to S2M-3308, on approval of Scottish statutory instruments. The third question is, that motions S2M-3301 to S2M-3308, in the name of Margaret Curran, be agreed to.

Motions agreed to.

That the Parliament agrees that the draft Mental Health (Definition of Specified Person: Correspondence) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the draft Mental Health (Absconding by mentally disordered offenders) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the draft Mental Health (Use of Telephones) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the draft Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005 be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the draft Mental Health (Safety and Security) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the draft Mental Health (Cross-border transfer: patients subject to detention requirement or otherwise in hospital) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the draft Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the draft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Scotland) Order 2005 be approved.